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Physics of Computation, Physics 256B, Spring (Chronological):

	Classes	Lectures					Readings	Homeworks	Labs	Comments
Week	Date	#(#)	Topic	Outline	Slides	Video
10	4 Apr	1(21)	Overview—What's Wrong with Information Theory?	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles RURO (Introduction), CAO, & ROIC.	HW 10 assigned	Properties of Joint Distributions
	6 Apr	2(22)	The Learning Channel	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles BOAC & CMPPSS (first sections).
11	11 Apr	3(23)	ε-Machine Reconstruction	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	Lecture Slides.	HW 11 assigned, HW 10 due	Parse Trees and Future Morphs
	13 Apr	4(24)	ε-Machine Optimalities	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR article CMPPSS.
12	18 Apr	5(25)	Measures of Structural Complexity	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles CMPPSS and RURO.	HW 12 assigned, HW 11 due	Parse Trees and Future Morphs
	20 Apr	6(26)	Information Diagrams for Processes	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles TBA, PRATISP, IACP.
13	25 Apr	7(27)	States of States of Knowledge I	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles TBA and Yeung.	HW 13 Assigned	Mixed State Presentations
	27 Apr	8(28)	States of States of Knowledge II	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles TBA, PRATISP, IACP.
14	2 May	9(29)	Directional Computational Mechanics I	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles TBA and Yeung.	HW 14 Assigned	Bidirectional Processes & Machines
	4 May	10(30)	Directional Computational Mechanics II	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles TBA, PRATISP, IACP.
15	9 May	11(31)	Length Scales in Complex Time Series: Markov & Cryptic Orders	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles MRS and SAC.	HW 15 Assigned Last one!	Markov Cryptic Information	Ryan James
	11 May	12(32)	Role of the Future in Analyzing Chaotic Dynamical Systems	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles Anatomy and CFR.			Ryan James
16	16 May	13(33)	Bayesian Inference for Known Model Structures	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles IMC and OIMNC.	Project!	Lab 1: Bayesian Inference for Epsilon-machines	Chris Strelioff
	18 May	14(34)	Bayesian Structural Inference	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR article BSI.	Project!	Lab 2: Bayesian Inference for Epsilon-machines	Chris Strelioff
17	23 May	1A(41)	Spectral Decomposition of Intrinsic Computation I	HTML	PDF (2015)	POCI Channel	CMR article EC.	Project!	Lab 1: Canonical Matrix Forms and Process Architecture, Lab 2: Spectral Decompositions of Complexity	Paul Riechers
	25 May	1B(42)	Spectral Decomposition of Intrinsic Computation II	HTML	PDF	POCI Channel	CMR article EC.	Project!	Lab 3: Spectral Decomposition of Intrinsic Computation	Paul Riechers
18	30 May	37a	Information Thermodynamics, Part I	HTML	PDF (2020)	POCI Channel	CMR article IRatchet.	Project!		Alec Boyd
	1 June	37b	Information Thermodynamics, Part II	HTML	PDF (2018)	POCI Channel	CMR article IRatchet.	Project!		Alec Boyd
19	6 June		Project Presentations I	Schedule						Students
	8 June		Project Presentations II	Schedule						Students
20	15 June		Project Reports Due: End of Day		Email to chaos@ucdavis.edu
	At Your Leisure	Afterword	What We Didn't Cover: The Present and Future	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel
	At Your Leisure	2A(50)	Quantum Complexity I	HTML	PDF HTML 2016	Stream Download	CMR articles OQS and EQC.			John Mahoney
	At Your Leisure	2B(51)	Quantum Complexity II	HTML	PDF HTML 2016	Stream Download	CMR articles OQS and EQC.			John Mahoney
	At Your Leisure	35	Power Spectra and ε-Machine Spectral Reconstruction	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles BTFM1 and BTFM2.			Dowman Varn
	At Your Leisure	36	Intrinsic Computation in Complex Materials	HTML	PDF HTML	POCI Channel	CMR articles BTFM1 and BTFM2.			Dowman Varn

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TO COMMENT OUT ALL REMAINNG WEEKS OF 256A MOVE THESE FOUR LINES AFTER THE LAST WEEK TO SHOW 1 17 Jan  3  Example Dynamical Systems HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel NDAC Secs. 5.0-5.2, 6.0-6.4, 7.0-7.3, and 9.0-9.4. HW 0 due,
HW 1 Assigned Prep Lab 1, Linear Algebra and ODEs, Favorite Flows 19 Jan  4  The Big, Big Picture I HTML PDF HTML
POCI Channel NDAC Chapter 3. 2 24 Jan  5  The Big, Big Picture II HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel NDAC Chapter 8 and Sec. 10.0-10.4. HW 1 due,
HW 2 Assigned Prep Lab 2, Cellular Automata 26 Jan  6  Mechanisms of Chaos—Stable Instability HTML PDF HTML
POCI Channel NDAC Secs. 12.0-12.3, 9.3, and 10.5. 3 31 Jan  7  Example Chaotic Maps (that you can analyze) HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel NDAC Sections 10.5-10.7. HW 2 due,
HW 3 Assigned Prep Lab 3 2 Feb  8  Pattern Formation I: Deterministic
(Part I, Cellular Automata) HTML PDF HTML
POCI Channel Lecture Slides. 4 7 Feb 9 Pattern Formation I: Deterministic
(Part II, Map Lattices) See above. See above. POCI Channel Lecture Slides. HW 3 due,
HW 4 Assigned Prep Lab 4, 1D Map Evolution of Distributions, One- and Two-Dimensional Maps 9 Feb  10  Probability Theory of Dynamical Systems HTML PDF HTML
POCI Channel Lecture Slides. 5 14 Feb 11 Stochastic Processes HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel Lecture Slides. HW 4 due,
Take-home Midterm Exam on CMPy Cloud Symbolic Dynamics and Partitions Lab 16 Feb 12 Measurement Theory I HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel Lecture Slides and CMR Alice (Gilmore/Lefranc Chap. 2). 6 21 Feb 13 Measurement Theory II HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel Lecture Slides and CMR Alice (Gilmore/Lefranc Chap. 2). Midterm due,
HW 6 Assigned Processes, Word Distributions, and Models; Information Theory and Communication Channels 23 Feb 14 Entropies HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel EIT Chapters 1 and 2. 7 28 Feb 15 Information in Processes I HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel EIT Sections 5.1-5.4 and 7.1-7.7. HW 6 due,
HW 7 Assigned Multivariate Information Lab and Information in Processes Lab I 2 Mar 16 Information in Processes II HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel EIT Chapter 4 and CMR MET. 8 7 Mar 17 Memory in Processes I HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel CMR article RURO. HW 7 due,
HW 8 Assigned Information in Processes Lab 2 9 Mar 18 Memory in Processes II HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel CMR article RURO. 9 14 Mar 19 Information Measures and Information Diagrams HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel CMR article Yeung. HW 8 due,
Final Exam (HW 9) Assigned Information Diagrams Lab 16 Mar 20 Anatomy of a Bit HTML PDF HTML POCI Channel CMR article Anatomy. END COMMENT OUT ALL 256A